New England Solar, a 400MW solar farm that currently shares the title of Australia’s largest solar farm, is not only generating at peak output, but is also now home to more than 6,000 sheep who call the 1,200-hectare site home.

The New England Solar farm is being built in two stages, with the 400MW stage 1 already operating and supplying electricity to New South Wales and Queensland, and a further 320MW solar farm and 200MW/2-hour battery under construction.

In addition to co-locating a battery energy system with the solar farm, New England Solar is also co-located with several thousand sheep – mainly merinos and other cross breeds.

According to developer Acen Renewables, more than 6,000 of the woolly animals are being rotated on and off the project site, which is now serving as a new feeding ground.

The sheep will spend six weeks on the land before being herded back to their sheds for health checks or vaccinations before then being moved on to other paddocks or straight back to their green solar pastures.

More than 6,000 sheep now call Australia’s largest solar farm home | RenewEconomy

The owners of Australia's largest solar project say the site now plays host to a record 6,000 plus sheep.

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